Temple hangings

Museum number:
9-8191a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21098191a@2cb
Alternate number:
3252 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3253 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
temple hangings; each 4 flat brass representations of double thunderbolts (visvavajras) and 1 prayer wheel; all connected by brass wire with blue glass bead ornamentation; 3 pendant rows of flat brass flowers at base; brass ring at top; Buddhist temple hangings (?)
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Temple hangings, accession number 9-8191a,b, described as temple hangings; each 4 flat brass representations of double thunderbolts (visvavajras) and 1 prayer wheel; all connected by brass wire with blue glass bead ornamentation; 3 pendant rows of flat brass flowers at base; brass ring at top; Buddhist temple hangings (?)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Temple hangings, accession number 9-8191a,b, described as temple hangings; each 4 flat brass representations of double thunderbolts (visvavajras) and 1 prayer wheel; all connected by brass wire with blue glass bead ornamentation; 3 pendant rows of flat brass flowers at base; brass ring at top; Buddhist temple hangings (?)

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